Prophecy Stones - important note:
Caveat Emptor (Latin for "Let the buyer beware"):
In
the desert the law exists anything imitates everythying. This law
applies to rocks, too - especially since the climate, weathering
conditions, natural sandblasting processes let look completely
different rocks from the outside appearance pretty much alike. Recently
several individuals and dealers tried to sell such
Lookalikes
(similar looking stones) just because of such similar outside
appearance although these similar looking concretions are completely
different in mineralogy, hardness and cristallization. Polished thin
sections prove all of them had a completely different creation history
as well. Prophecy stones are very different not only in their thermal
recristallization history but also in their metaphysical
characteristics. Its properties are very different than any other known
stone.
Known
fakes of Prophecy stone, Prophetenstein, we have seen are (all looking
outside simliar due to the deserts natural sandblasting effect):
Concretions
of Bohnerz, Pyrite, Marcasite, Limonite, Glauberite or Hematite. All
fakes come completely different locations some of them thousands of
miles away of the accurate point of the authentic Prophecy stones.
Although
the outside appearance is somehow simliar for the non-expert its
metaphysical power, characteristics and applications however are
completely different. Such it is not adviced to sell or buy Prophecy
stone if it is not one, even if you'd like to think it is one.
Authentic prophecy St. do have most of the time a slightly blueish
luster, are very tense and hard almost impossible to break.
Important:
How to spot non-fact Prophecy stones: Prophecy stones almost always
have completely round or roundish shapes without sharp edges while
marcasite pseudomorphoses have cockscombs - similar structure from
their orthorombic crystal shapes. The non-fact Prophecy stones have
brownish luster while the true prophecy stone have a slightly bluish
shimmer due to its completely different mineralogical composition. As
the original source who sold out the prophecy stone of this completely
20 years ago I have to say I have only seen (1) one piece that was not
round or rounded but slightly elongated while all the elongated and not
roundish shapes are post factual pseudomorphoses. The term fake would
be a too strong word as it would suggest a misleading purpose although
in some cases it would be appropriate to call it by the name. It might
be just a (big) mistake or wishful thinking of the perople to sell
those nice pieces under a misleading term.
caveat emptor:
Prophetensteine
sind und enthalten zum Unterschied der meisten Falsifikate keinen
Pyrit, Markasit, Limonit oder andere freie Eisenoxide. Bekannte
Falsifikate sind Bohnerz, Pyrite, Marcasite, Limonite, Glauberite oder
Hämatit.
Wichtig:
So erkennen Sie nicht-faktische Prophezeiungssteine: Prophetensteine
haben fast immer völlig runde oder rundliche Formen ohne scharfe
Kanten, während Markasit-Pseudomorphosen Hahnenkämme haben - eine
ähnliche Struktur von ihren orthorombischen Kristallformen. Die
nicht-faktischen Prophecy-Steine haben einen bräunlichen Glanz,
während der wahre Prophecy-Stein aufgrund seiner völlig anderen
mineralogischen Zusammensetzung einen leicht bläulichen Schimmer hat.
Als Originalquelle, die den Prophezeiungsstein davon vor 20 Jahren
vollständig ausverkauft hat, muss ich sagen, dass ich nur (1) ein Stück
gesehen habe, das nicht rund oder abgerundet, sondern leicht verlängert
war, während alle verlängerten und nicht runden Formen postfaktische
Pseudomorphosen sind . Der Begriff Fälschung wäre ein zu starkes Wort,
da er einen irreführenden Zweck suggerieren würde, obwohl es in einigen
Fällen angemessen wäre, ihn beim Namen zu nennen. Es kann nur ein
(großer) Fehler oder Wunschdenken der Leute sein, diese schönen Stücke
unter einem irreführenden Begriff zu verkaufen.
Auch der Fundplatz ist in sämtlichen ein völlig unterschiedlicher als jener der echten Prophetensteine.